jimmy comments on Counterfactual Mugging - Less Wrong
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Raising the stakes in this way does not work, because of the issue described in Ethical Injunctions: it is less likely that Omega has presented you with this choice, than that you have gone insane.
That may be true, but it's still a dodge. Conditional on not being insane, what's your answer?
Additionally, I don't see why Omega asking you to give it 100 dollars vs 15 human lives necessarily crosses the threshold of "more likely that I'm just a nutbar". I don't expect to talk to Omega anytime soon...